The teacher invites a student to contemplate the radical possibility that their present experience is exactly as they want it to be, challenging the deep belief that things should be different.
The teacher invites a student to contemplate the radical possibility that their present experience is exactly as they want it to be, challenging the deep belief that things should be different.
With "this," do you mean my process, or...
Everything you're having a problem with. Just contemplate the possibility, not the reality, just the possibility that this is exactly how you want it to be. What would it require? How would it change you if you seriously considered that?
Really considering this would challenge your belief system. There is a deep belief that there's just no way this is how I want it to be.
The belief that things should be different
What I'm proposing could be very challenging to seriously consider, because it's a very deep belief system: things are not how I want them to be, and I know they should be different. This isn't about trust in some deity. It's considering the possibility that maybe this is exactly how you want it to be, and nothing is wrong.
This is not for you to turn into a new belief system. It's meant to undo an existing one. How do you get to not knowing? Stop believing. Consider the opposite as possible.
I'm going to contemplate that.
It also grants you responsibility. It gives you back a certain freedom.